and those four bills include naming a river in virginia, naming a courthouse, renaming a post office, and bringing some federal dollars back to the bay area after the earthquake. >> reporter: over and over again, boxer hammered fiorina for her tenure as ceo of hewlett-packard where she cut thousands of jobs and also received a multimillion dollar package after she got fired. >> the facts are there was a $21 million severance check. and it was taken after my opponent was fired. the stock went down more than 50%. so if she's calling for accountability with teachers, there ought to be accountability with ceos. >> when you lead a business whether it's a nine person business or 150,000 people, you sometimes have to make the agonizing choice to lose some jobs to save more. >> reporter: we interviewed a political analyst who called this a tie. if you were a boxer supporter you liked what you heard. same with fiorina. >> fiorina had commanded a certain array of facts. i think the sound bytes will go to barbara boxer. >> reporter: the candidates also differed on abortion. boxer pro-choice, fio